Skip to content

Matthew Evans

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet (Aristotle)

  • About

Tag: narratives

Lighthouses and Sirens

February 2, 2025 ~ theeducontrarian ~ Leave a comment

There are two things I am very wary of in schools: opinions and ideas. They come as a pair in my mind because, when left unchecked, they can proliferate, mutate and run amok. They do so because they share certain characteristics. First, they can often be given without personal cost. An aphorism my team will … Continue reading Lighthouses and Sirens

Follow me on Twitter

My Tweets

Recent Posts

  • Is learning invisible?
  • Why I am still using ‘cold call’
  • Adaptive teaching: in search of conceptual clarity
  • The Dilemma of Difference trilogy
  • Barbeque invite

Archives

Categories

Meta

  • Create account
  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.com

Mountains

Cuillin view
Cuillin view
Threlkeld
Threlkeld
Black Cuillin
Black Cuillin
Pillar
Pillar
Blencathra
Blencathra
Black Cuillin
Black Cuillin
Achill Island
Achill Island
2019 An Teallach
Blencathra
Blencathra
Lochness
Lochness
IMG_4804
Cairngorms
Cairngorms
Snowdonia
Snowdonia
Inn Pin ab
Inn Pin ab
IMG_4860
Blencathra
Blencathra
Dungeon Ghyll
Dungeon Ghyll
Suilven
Suilven
CMD Arete
CMD Arete
Loch Coruisk
Loch Coruisk
Blencathra
Blencathra
Blencathra
Blencathra
IMG_4877
Ben Nevis
Ben Nevis
Cairngorms
Cairngorms
Pillar
Pillar
Still waters on Skye
Still waters on Skye
Snowdonia
Snowdonia
Pillar
Pillar
Black Cuillin
Black Cuillin
Hellvelyn
Hellvelyn
Black Cuillin
Black Cuillin
Towards Scafell
Towards Scafell
IMG_0338[883]
2019 Loch Ness
image
Blencathra
Blencathra
image
image
Hellvelyn
Hellvelyn
Skye
Skye
Snowdonia
Snowdonia

Top Posts & Pages

  • There's No Such Thing As Leadership
  • Virtuous leaders
  • Questions I would ask before taking a teaching job
  • A simple model for KS3 Assessment
  • Adaptive teaching: in search of conceptual clarity
  • Getting the measure of a school
  • The Punishment Book
  • The fall and rise of educational orthodoxy - 2018 revisited
  • The case of the disappearing headteacher
  • Ethics is an economic problem
Blog at WordPress.com.
  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Matthew Evans
    • Join 143 other subscribers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Matthew Evans
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar

Loading Comments...